Between East and West : from singularity to community / Luce Irigaray ; translated by Stephen Pluháček.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Irigaray, Luce.

Series:

European perspectives

Standardized Title:

Entre Orient et Occident. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Feminist theory.

Man-woman relationships.

Prānāyāma.

East and West.

Physical Description:

xiv, 148 pages ; 19 cm.

Edition:

[English edition].

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2002]

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

Yogic tradition, according to Irigaray, can provide an invaluable means for restoring the vital link between the present and eternity -and for re-envisioning the patriarchal traditions of the West. Incorporating her personal experience with yoga into her provocative philosophical thinking on sexual difference, Irigaray proposes a new way of understanding individuation and community in the contemporary world, and an ethic of sexual difference predicated on a respect for life, nature, and the feminine.

Contents:

The Time of Life 21

Eastern Teachings 49

The Way of Breath 73

Being I, Being We 93

The Family Begins With Two 105

Approaching the Other As Other 121

Mixing: A Principle for Refounding Community 131.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [147]-148).

ISBN:

0231119348

OCLC:

47243928